This post was updated July 12 at 5:00 p.m. Former UCLA men’s basketball player Billy Knight was found dead Tuesday morning in Phoenix less than a month after being accused of sexually abusing a child. Read more...
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July 8, 11:20 pm
App issuing biweekly surveys of campus climate to be released fall quarter
This post was updated July 9 at 12:35 p.m. UCLA researchers will launch a new app that aims to better understand the campus climate, which includes a variety of factors that contribute to students’ experience at UCLA. Read more...
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July 8, 11:20 pm
UCLA faculty member remembered for contributions to LGBTQ studies, dance
Doran George had a distinctive and infectious laugh that their friends and colleagues said was outrageous. “Anybody that you speak to could mimic their laugh. It was pure joy and you never knew when it was coming,” said Dan Froot, a professor in the world arts and cultures/dance department. Read more...
Photo: Doran George, a UCLA alumnus and former faculty member in the LGBTQ Studies Program and the department of world arts and cultures/dance, died in November 2017.(Courtesy of UCLA LGBTQ Studies Program)
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July 8, 11:16 pm
UCLA Extension relocating to make room for new student housing
UCLA Extension is relocating its administrative building to make room for new student housing. UCLA Extension began moving from its location at Le Conte Avenue on June 26 and is scheduled to complete the relocation process by July 13, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension will relocate from its original location at Le Conte Avenue to offices on Gayley Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
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July 8, 11:16 pm
UCLA-led center receives $9.75M grant for rechargeable battery research
A UCLA-led energy research center received $9.75 million to continue its research on how to improve rechargeable batteries. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the four-year grant to the Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables center Thursday and designated the center as one of its Energy Frontier Research Centers, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: SCALAR is led by Sarah Tolbert, a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry and the school of engineering, and Bruce Dunn, chair of the department of materials science and engineering. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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July 8, 11:15 pm
Campus Queries: Why does sun exposure lead to sunburns?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q. Why does the skin turn red and peel due to sun exposure? Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations director)
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July 7, 5:46 pm
Thousands of Angelenos experience power outages related to high temperatures
Thousands of Los Angeles residents lost power Saturday after high temperatures resulted in increased electricity use, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Read more...